It will not be just Clement Novalak to make his Formula 2 debut in this season finale. In addition to the French driver, who will make his debut with the MP Motorsport team in the last two rounds of 2021 and then be engaged full time in the preparatory category next year, Logan Sargeant will also be present in Jeddah.
The American driver, fresh from a third positive season in Formula 3, will be behind the wheel of the # 22 single-seater of the HWA Racelab team, thus taking the place previously occupied by Jake Hughes.
Sargeant, recently joined the Williams Academy, has impressed well in the last two years spent in Formula 3. After a particularly complicated 2019 spent with the Carlin team, the American joined the Prema in 2020 managing to stay in the fight for the title with Piastri and Pourchaire until the final appointment in Mugello.
Logan Sargeant, Charouz Racing System
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For 2021 it seemed that Sargeant was forced to abandon the single-seaters due to lack of budget, but shortly before the start of the Formula 3 season he was called by the Charouz Racing System to become the flagship of the Czech team.
The American, the only driver of the team to compete in all the appointments on the calendar, ended the season in seventh position by obtaining a victory and climbing on the podium on four occasions.
Furthermore, Sargeant proved to be decisive in allowing the Charouz Racing System to close in fifth place in the team classification. Of the 127 points scored by the Czech team, 102 were obtained by the American.
The outstanding performances obtained at the wheel of a single-seater belonging to a non-top-tier team attracted the attention of Williams who decided to make him enter his Academy with merit.
It has not yet been announced whether Sargeant will also take part in the last final round in Abu Dhabi.
This is yet another driver change for the HWA Racelab team in 2021. The # 22 single-seater of the German team has already been entrusted this year to Matteo Nannini, Jack Aitken and Jake Hughes.
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